The leader of the LR deputies Olivier Marleix stressed Monday evening that he would not
"support"
the pension reform if it includes the postponement of the legal retirement age to 65, a
"red cloth"
,
"too brutal"
.
Asked about Emmanuel Macron's decision to postpone the presentation of the reform to January 10, Olivier Marleix estimated on LCP that the president had
"ended up scaring himself"
by dint of
"shaking the figure of 65 years old"
.
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“If he was sure of himself on the reform, he would not have backed down, there is a subject on the merits, he realized that this age of 65 was undoubtedly too brutal”, t-
t -he assures.
"Shaking this figure of 65 today, when the government is making no effort to reduce public spending, that would not be understood by the French, it would be understood as a provocation" and "we would
not
support this reform
, ”said the president of the LR deputies.
A proposal by Valérie Pécresse
"We need to reform pensions, let's go step by step, 63 years old by the end of the five-year term, one quarter a year, that would already be not bad", claimed
Olivier Marleix, who must go to Matignon on Wednesday for an exchange with Elisabeth Borne.
Until filing a motion of censure LR if the reform includes the postponement to 65?
"It's part of the assumptions
," said the boss of the right-wing group in the Assembly.
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Olivier Marleix recognized, however, different positions among LRs on the subject, while the postponement to 65 years old appeared in the program of Valérie Pécresse in the last presidential election.
"We can't be asked to have a totally put together proposal when we don't know the government's project
," he played down.